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Essay / Analysis of a program for gifted and talented students
A. General Information CCC Kei Faat Primary School is a public school directly under the HK CCCC (Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China), founded in 1965. The school has a long history and excellent school spirit. It is committed to providing quality “comprehensive education” that emphasizes the development of students' morality, intelligence, physical and social capabilities. Education of gifted and talented people has been included as part of the school development plan. In addition, the school regards “popularizing and optimizing gifted and talented education” as its educational concept. Thus, school teachers consider each student as raw gold with enormous potential. They devoted their efforts to recognizing students' individual differences and maximizing their high potential. To achieve this objective, the school identified and selected gifted students based on the Education Commission Report No. 4 and the Multiple Intelligence Theory of Ghana. Regarding the construction of gifted development programs, the school has adopted a three-tier operation model which includes whole class mode, pull-out program and off-site support. It also offers a wide range of special programs to meet the unique learning needs of these gifted students. These programs are mainly divided into seven subjects. They are Chinese, English, Mathematics, Common Sense, Putonghua, Multiple Intelligence and Leadership. In this case, the program is aimed at students from fourth to sixth primary. The courses take place in the form of a restricted class, which only accommodates sixteen students. It aims to explain various creative strategies to develop students' creativity. Kitano and Kirby (1986) stated that creativity is the ability to find ideas in the middle of a sheet of paper on school-based gifted development programs. Retrieved from http://www.edb.gov.hk/index.aspx?nodeid=3165&langno=1Hollingworth, L. (1926). Gifted children: their nature and upbringing. New York: Macmillan. Kitano, M.K. and Kirby, D.F. (1986). Gifted education: a global vision. Boston: Little, Brown. Leung, W. C. (2014). Acceleration and enrichmentLeung, WC(2014). Future Directions Gifted Education Section (2005). Development of gifted education in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Government Printing Press Pressey, SL (1949). Educational acceleration: evaluation of the basic problem. Bureau of Educational Research Monographs, No. 31. Columbus: Ohio State University Press Smutny, J. F. (2003). Gifted education: Promising practices. Bloomington, Indiana: Educational Foundation. Torrance, E.P. (1965). Reward creative behavior. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.